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History

Once on the Providence Preservation Society's Top Ten Endangered List, the Mowry- Nicholson House is a renovated Victorian Bed and Breakfast Inn. This 1865 architectural jewel offers comfortable rooms and suites and a large front porch with panoramic views of historic Providence. The house is named for the first two owners of the house, both of whom were important to Providence's rich manufacturing history.

Anecdotes

Corey  I think it all depends on documentation. If they could find photographs, renderings, etc of the house without the dormers, then they’d have every right to get rid of them in the process of the restoration. They may not have been able to dig up documentation that the house didn’t have that feature, so even though it’s obvious to us looking at it, on paper they can’t do anything. Also, it might have been too expensive for them to get rid of the dormers than just to leave them there, even with tax credits, so after finding that out they may not have even tried to prove they weren’t there.

Vin  It’s unfortunate that it their haste to “restore” the manse; the owners decided to leave the terrible addition tacked upon this victorian lady. It’s out of scale and overpowering for this beautiful home. But you gotta fill them rooms, huh?

To counter your point, Vin, I believe that because they used Historic Tax Credits, they had to keep the third floor dormers as they were. To remove them would have altered the historic structure too much. Often the tax credits make you leave on additions that are not accurate, but still quite old – AIR

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